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A restored statue and a giant metal globe called the Unisphere, are remaining symbols from the 1964 World's Fair, Tuesday April 1, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York. As this month’s 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair approaches, a group of preservationists is fighting to other structures some see as annoying eyesores that should be torn down. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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A foot on a restored statue overhangs a giant metal globe called the Unisphere, both remaining symbols from the 1964 World's Fair, Tuesday April 1, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York. As this month’s 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair approaches, a group of preservationists is fighting to other structures some see as annoying eyesores that should be torn down. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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A space-age tower, left, is viewed near a giant metal globe called the Unisphere, structures remaining from the 1964 World's Fair, on Tuesday April 1, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York. As this month’s 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair approaches, a debate has emerged about what to do with some of the fair’s most famous structures. The towers topped by flying-saucer-like platforms, and a pavilion of pillars once called the “Tent of Tomorrow,” still sit as abandoned relics in the middle of Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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A space-age tower, left, and a giant metal globe called the Unisphere, right, structures remaining from the 1964 World's Fair, looms above a passing LIRR train on Tuesday April 1, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York. As this month’s 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair approaches, a debate has emerged about what to do with some of the fair’s most famous structures. The towers topped by flying-saucer-like platforms, and a pavilion of pillars once called the “Tent of Tomorrow,” still sit as abandoned relics in the middle of Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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A space-age tower, center, is viewed between the support pillars of a giant metal globe called the Unisphere, structures remaining from the 1964 World's Fair, on Tuesday April 1, 2014 in the Queens borough of New York. As this month’s 50th anniversary of the 1964 New York World’s Fair approaches, a debate has emerged about what to do with some of the fair’s most famous structures. The towers topped by flying-saucer-like platforms, and a pavilion of pillars once called the “Tent of Tomorrow,” still sit as abandoned relics in the middle of Queens' Flushing Meadows Corona Park. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Minnesota coach Richard Pitino, right, stands with his father, Rick Pitino, after Minnesota's 65-63 win over SMU in an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the NIT on Thursday, April 3, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Minnesota's Elliott Eliason (55) passes the ball away from SMU's Shawn Williams (2) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the NIT on Thursday, April 3, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)